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GoD's WorK - God's Puzzle Solved

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22 God’s Worka separate god) that put God’s truth or “word” into Christ. TheHoly Spirit, therefore, is merely God’s power, and The Word isonly God’s divine thoughts - nothing more. The same processoccurs in Christians. When Christians receive God’s Holy Spirit(although not the double portion that Christ received), then thisSpirit leads you to understand God’s “word,” the “logos.”The important question is this, “Who was Jesus before He becamehuman?” Jesus, Himself, tells you the answer in His last prayer toGod before He was arrested, “And now, O Father, glorify thoume with thine own self with the glory which I had with theebefore the world was” (John 17:5).Notice, Jesus did not ask God to give Him “the glory” that Godgave to Him before the world was. Christ, then, would have beena separate deity or a second God with The Father. Christ plainlystates that He, before the world was, was not another God, butthat He was in The Father as The Glory of God. Ponder thatcarefully.It is usually the simple, understandable Scriptures that people oftendo not generally read thoroughly but which tell you the truth.Your Savior tells you that He was not God before He was human.Before the universe was created, Jesus was still in The Fatheras God’s “glory.” Now, the question is posed, “What is God’s“glory?” When you know God’s “glory” then you will, also,know who Christ was before He became human.The Greek word for “glory” is “doxa” (Strong’s #1391). Thedefinition comes from #1330, “dokeo,” which means “to think,”“good reputation” and then #1391 “doxa,” is defined as “dignity,”“honor” or “goodness.” God’s “glory” in Greek means God’s“thinking” or “God’s “thoughts” with all of its goodness and

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